Quick, cheap and easy sofa slipcover

A recent update to our living room sofa was done without the major expense of having a slipcover made or having it reupholstered. Always looking for an inexpensive solution, I made my own version of what catalogs offer for quite a bit more. Being fond of the slouchy slipcover look, it was a pretty easy fix.

This post contains affiliate links for your convenience. For full disclosure go here.

Our sofa was still structurally in good shape, but the upholstery had faded in some spots and the cat had scratched the ends a little, and it was looking a bit dated. Not to mention that I was really tired of looking at it and never really liked it all that much. We had it re-upholstered in the red paisley fabric around 10 years ago mainly because that fabric was dark, busy and heavy weight. At the time our girls were 2 and 5 and durability was our top priority.

For the updated look, I purchased a painter's dropcloth and tucked it into the crevices of the sofa until it resembled what I had seen and liked at Wayfairand Amazon.

And several pictures of the sofa with the drop cloth on it. It's a bit slouchy and messy, but I like it that way.

I know I won't keep it like this forever, but for now it works great for us in this room. I wouldn't recommend it on a sofa that the whole family spends a lot of time on unless you don't mind it coming untucked often. I'm usually the only one who goes in here. No television, no computer, no electronics (unless you count my nook). Just me and the fireplace and the view. What's not to like?

Update: here's a more recent photo of the sofa. You can see more of this space HERE.

Thanks for visiting. Please leave a comment so I'll know you were here!

If you like my posts, you can subscribe to updates and get lots of fresh ideas for your home here:

I love this! I've been debated on weather or not to get one of those pricey slip covers online and really didn't want to spend the money. I just bought one of those natural toned painters drop cloths at Harbor Freight this weekend for $14. I'm going to have a new purpose for it I think. :) Too awesome! Thanks!

I was browsing through your blog and found your drop cloth slipcover. I love it and am going to give it a try this weekend on my red living room sofa. I've been wanting to cover it with a neutral color, but I'm too cheap to spend a lot of money on a pre-made slipcover. Yours looks fantastic! Thanks for the absolutely great idea. (I featured it today, too.)

Welcome! I'm Angie and my hope is to inspire you by sharing beautiful places and spaces, good food and helpful hints. Click the photo to learn my story. Or reach out to me at angie@postcardsfromtheridge.com.